Concrete block walls in Palm Bay FL - a wall that fits your lot and stands up to wind
Want a block wall around your yard but unsure how tall it can be or where it can go? We'll plan it around your lot first.
What goes into building a block wall in Palm Bay?
A concrete block wall is a solid wall of block and mortar built around your yard or along a property line, and in Palm Bay it's one of the wall types the city allows. It gives you privacy and a clear boundary, with a face you can leave as block or cover in stucco.
Most people who call us want privacy from the street or a neighbor, or something sturdier than a fence, and their first questions are how tall the wall can be and where it can sit. The price moves mostly with the wall's length and height, how much of it gets filled and reinforced, and whether you want stucco over the block, while the schedule turns mostly on the permit and the weather. I come out, walk the line with you and write the estimate on site, so you get a figure for your own lot instead of a guess. If you'd rather have a brick face, our brick wall installation page covers that.
How we build your concrete block wall
I start by walking your lot with you and planning the wall's line and height around it, because where the wall sits and how tall it gets has to fit your lot and the city's limits before anything else is decided. Then we talk through how the wall will handle wind and whether you want stucco over the block, since both change how it's built and not just how it looks. Once the plan is set and the permit is sorted, our crew marks the line, sets the corners and gate openings, lays the block row by row in mortar, caps or finishes the top, and cleans up so your yard is left the way we found it, just with a wall in it.
Block walls often sit next to other work. If the block will hold up a room, an addition or a raised floor, that's foundation block wall installation, which is built to a house's rules and not a yard wall's, so we treat it as its own job. When the wall wraps a patio, it can be planned alongside outdoor kitchen masonry so the counters and the wall match.
Plain block with a cap
This suits a back or side wall where you want strength and privacy and don't mind the look of block. A cap finishes the top edge, and skipping stucco keeps the price lower.
Block finished in stucco
This suits a front wall or any wall you want to match a stucco house, which many homes here are. Stucco takes to concrete block well because the two materials are so alike, so we plan the stucco from the start instead of adding it as an afterthought.
Where your concrete block wall can go in Palm Bay
Under the city's fence and wall rules, a wall outside the building lines can be no taller than four feet in the front setback, the open front yard space between your house and the street, and six feet anywhere else, so a full privacy wall has to stay out of that front space. A block wall also can't go in a utility or drainage easement, because the city only allows certain lighter fence types there and masonry isn't one of them, and no wall can sit on a drainage or street right of way or block access to one. The city's Building Official issues the permit for any fence or wall once plans showing where it sits and how it's built are turned in with the fee, which is why we settle the line before anything else. Before work starts we check with the city's building permits office and handle the permit when your job needs one.
On jobs around Palm Bay we often find the back of a lot runs along a drainage swale or canal, or the easement line sits inside the fence you already have, so we confirm where your easements and property lines fall before I draw the wall. We plan walls the same way in West Melbourne and Sebastian, where that city's own rules decide the height and placement.
Block walls, bare and stuccoed
Why call us for block walls
I look at every wall myself
I come out to every job, walk the line with you and write the estimate, and a crew led by our lead mason builds it. You're talking to the person who planned your wall, so nothing gets lost between the estimate and the first block.
Our own business since 2013
I ran another Palm Bay mason's jobs and crew for years before opening our doors in 2013, and we've been at it 13 years since. That's long enough to have seen what happens when a wall gets planned in a hurry.
Licensed and insured on your job
We're fully licensed and insured, and I'll answer any question about it before you sign. The questions below show how to check any contractor yourself, so you don't have to take anyone's word for it.
Your wall line checked first
Palm Bay wants plans showing where the wall sits before it issues a permit, so we check your line against the height, easement and right of way limits before anything else. You find out what your lot allows before you spend money on block.
On a block wall, the line and the height are the things you can't easily change once the block is up, so that's where we spend the most time with you. Ask for an estimate and have your address handy, along with a rough sketch of where you'd like the wall and how tall.
(321) 326-1779Get a block wall plan and estimate for your lot
We reply to every message within one business day. I'll set a time to come out, walk the wall line with you and write the estimate on site, and it's free with no obligation.
Block wall questions from Palm Bay homeowners
How tall can a block wall be in Palm Bay, FL?
In Palm Bay, a wall outside the building lines can be up to four feet tall in the front setback and up to six feet anywhere else. If you want a six-foot privacy wall, it has to sit back out of the front yard space. I measure your lot and plan the line around that limit before anything gets drawn up.
Who issues the permit for a block wall in Palm Bay?
The city's Building Official issues permits for any fence or wall in Palm Bay. The city needs plans showing where the wall goes and how it's built, plus the fee, before it issues one. Since those plans show the wall's location, we settle your line first.
What is the best way to make a concrete block wall stand up to wind?
Plan for wind from the start, before the design is final. A national masonry trade group notes that plain, unreinforced block walls carrying little weight from above more often need a wind check, because their own weight may not offset the bending wind causes. Filling some or all of the block cores with grout adds strength, and pilasters, thicker columns built into the wall, are often used to stiffen it. We talk through what your wall needs.
How do I know my masonry contractor is licensed in Florida?
Look the contractor up with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. State and local law say anyone doing construction work on your property must be a licensed contractor, either state certified or registered. Palm Bay also says printed ads have to show the contractor's state license number, so you can look for it before you call.
How much does a concrete block wall cost in Palm Bay?
The price comes from your wall's length and height, how much of it is grouted and reinforced, the gate openings, and whether you want stucco. An open, easy-to-reach line keeps it down, while tearing out an old fence or working in a tight side yard adds to it. I write the estimate on site after walking your line, so the figure fits your lot.
How long does it take to build a concrete block wall?
Most of the wait usually comes before the first block goes down, while the plan is set and the permit comes through. Once we start, the time on site turns on the wall's length and height, the weather, and whether stucco goes on afterward. I'll walk you through the schedule for your wall when I write the estimate.
Plan your block wall and stucco finish with us
We take calls seven days a week, from early morning into the evening, so call (321) 326-1779 or send the form when it suits you.
